John Tyndall (1820 - 1893)

Born 2 Aug 1820 in Leighlinbridge, Carlow, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Charlotte (Hamilton) Tyndall — married 29 Feb 1876 in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 4 Dec 1893 at age 73 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Biography

John Tyndall is Notable.

John Tyndall was a prominent nineteenth-century Irish physicist.

“John Tyndall was a mountaineer, prolific writer of science books, prominent physicist and professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. He was also an original member of the X Club, an exclusive scientific dining club whose members were frequent contributors to the well-regarded journal Nature. With his doctorate, easy access to the Royal Institution’s laboratories, and social and intellectual friendships and networks with some of the greatest minds of the Victorian period, it is not surprising that Tyndall reached the heights of scientific achievement and recognition. For more than 160 years Irish-born Tyndall has been credited with the original discovery of the absorption of thermal radiation by carbon dioxide and water vapor—the very cornerstone of our current understanding of climate change, weather and meteorology. He was the first to clearly demonstrate and understand the physical basis of the greenhouse effect.” - Scientific American, August 26, 2019

He was the son of John Tyndall.^[1]He was born on the 2nd of August 1820 at Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland.^[2]

He married Louisa Charlotte Hamilton, daughter of the Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby and Lord Claud Hamilton, on the 29th of February 1876^[1]in Middlesex, England.^[3][4]

He died on the 4th of December 1893^[1]at Haslemere, Surrey, England.^[5][6][7][8]

The following is taken from Miguel DeArce, Deirdre McGing, Emma O’Riordan, Norman McMillan, Martin Nevin and James Elwick: Further notes on the Genealogy and Social History of the Carlow family of John Tyndall (1820-1893)'Carloviana, Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society (2013-14):

All of Tyndall’s biographical notes mention that his father joined the Irish Constabulary in 1828, but Jim Herlihy’s^[9] Index of RIC officers and men (1816-1922), which purports to include all the men that ever joined the force, does not list any John Tyndall around that time. The family moved to the police station in nearby Nurney where they spent five years until 1833, when John was thirteen years of age. The period in Nurney did not mean a change of school, because Leighlin, Nurney and the school are roughly equidistant. From 1833 to 1836 the family moved again, this time to more distant Castlebellingham (Co. Louth), returning to Leighlinbridge when John was sixteen.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 1, page 5.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyndall
3. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/search (FreeBMD, Marriages, March quarter of 1876, St. Geo. H. Sq., Volume 1a, page 643).
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DPG-QBV : 13 December 2014), John Tyndall, 1876; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1876, quarter 1, vol. 1A, p. 643, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp (England and Wales General Register Office, online index (deaths). GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in Farnham, Volume 02A, page 82).
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2Z-WSL : 31 December 2014), John Tyndall, 1893; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Farnham, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGC-M6F8 : 13 December 2015), John Tyndall, 1893; Burial, Haslemere, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England, Saint Bartholmews; citing record ID 117036980, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
8. ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D1-T2RQ : 8 March 2017), John Tyndall, 1893.
9. ↑ Herlihy, J. (1994) Index of Royal Irish Constabulary officers and men (1816-1922). Four Courts Press.

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p11065.htm#i110645 (The Peerage, Darryl Lundy: Person Page 11065: John Tyndall, #110645, d. 4 December 1893).

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK65-FS97 : 18 August 2016), Professor Tyndall, St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 35, Piece/Folio 95/39, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,334.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QX5Q-JN2 : 15 October 2015), John Tyndall, Frensham, Surrey, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Surrey county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-hidden-figure-in-climate-science/.

• https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1884/06314/4810614.pdf SR District/Reg Area - Carlow Death of JOHN TYNDALL in 1884].

See also:

• Records of the Family of Deacon, of Kettering and London, with notices of allied families

• 'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell